Posts Tagged: Burn Buildings
Finally, No More Begging
For the past year or so, our department has been building a training facility of our own. We officially dedicated it on the 29th and christened some of the props with a little demonstration burn to wow the VIPs who came out to celebrate with us. It's…
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Innovation Distinguishes Between Leaders and Followers
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If you didn't know, that's a quote from Steve Jobs (I didn't). I was sitting in the office of our Deputy Chief/Ops, reading a magazine while …
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Reserving Our Scorn for the Deserving
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I know that I am one of the chief purveyors of snarkiness as a means of combating the less-than-professional element in our midst. I guess t…
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Elvis, Urban Legends, Grapevines and The Firehouse
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Elvis has left the building, in the literal sense. Elvis Presley came to mind today because of the Facebook vote we are taking for a colleague as…
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Cellular Dependency
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It wasn't really by design, but the last time I was in Atlanta, I found that I had some problems getting my e-mail on my fancy smar…
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Who Is Building Your House?
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Ken Bell, a friend and the other Deputy Director of the South Carolina US&R Task Force, announced this week that he is retiring…
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Why Yell?
I'm Mick, and I yell. I think this is the part where you all are supposed to say, "Hi Mick." Why do we yell? I started to say, "I'm a yeller", but that doesn't sound right. And I don't scream. Screaming to me indicates panic or total loss of pe…
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Star of Life Law Blog
I am encouraged by some of the blogs that are going on out there right now and I try to throw a link to the good ones over on the side over there (you know, over THERE, on your right). A great one that popped up in the past few days has some serious me…
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